Household-focused interventions to enhance the treatment and management of HIV in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

HIV remains a major public health challenge in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The initiation of a greater number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) onto antiretroviral therapy (ART) following the World Health Organization's 'universal test and treat' recommendation has the potential to overstretch already challenged health systems in LMICs. While various mainstream and community-based care models have been implemented to improve the treatment outcomes of PLHIV, little effort has been made to harness the potential of the families or households of PLHIV to enhance their treatment outcomes. To this end, we sought to explore the characteristics and effectiveness of household-focused interventions in LMICs on the management of HIV as measured by levels of adher

SUBMITTER: Mukumbang FC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6916449 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature